diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/bind.go b/accounts/abi/bind/bind.go
index 762008d9bf..73e95e02a1 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/bind.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/bind.go
@@ -41,26 +41,6 @@ const (
 	LangObjC
 )
 
-type BindOpts struct {
-	Abi string
-	Bin string
-	Typ string
-
-	Link       string
-	SolFiles   string
-	RemapPaths string
-	Compiler   string
-	Exec       string
-
-	Lang       Lang
-	Pkg        string
-	OutputFile string
-}
-
-func CompileAndBind(files ...string)
-
-func BindIndividualFiles(abis string, bytecodes string, pkg string, lang Lang)
-
 // Bind generates a Go wrapper around a contract ABI. This wrapper isn't meant
 // to be used as is in client code, but rather as an intermediate struct which
 // enforces compile time type safety and naming convention opposed to having to
diff --git a/cmd/abigen/main.go b/cmd/abigen/main.go
index fd4ac7f1e3..65294a023c 100644
--- a/cmd/abigen/main.go
+++ b/cmd/abigen/main.go
@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@ var (
 	binFlag = flag.String("bin", "", "Path to the Ethereum contract bytecode (generate deploy method)")
 	typFlag = flag.String("type", "", "Struct name for the binding (default = package name)")
 
-	linkFlag  = flag.String("link", "", "Library flag linker for name to addresses in the code")
-	solFlag   = flag.String("sol", "", "Comma separated path(s) to Solidity source(s) to build and bind")
-	pathsFlag = flag.String("paths", "", "Comma separated path(s) in the form of solidity remappings (advanced only)")
-	solcFlag  = flag.String("compiler", "solc", "Compiler to use if source builds are requested (default = solc)")
-	execFlag  = flag.String("exec", "", "Execute compiler with user generated command, advanced only, use commas to represent spaces in one string")
+	solFlag  = flag.String("sol", "", "Path to the Ethereum contract Solidity source to build and bind")
+	solcFlag = flag.String("solc", "solc", "Solidity compiler to use if source builds are requested")
+	excFlag  = flag.String("exc", "", "Comma separated types to exclude from binding")
 
 	pkgFlag  = flag.String("pkg", "", "Package name to generate the binding into")
 	outFlag  = flag.String("out", "", "Output file for the generated binding (default = stdout)")
@@ -54,9 +52,6 @@ func main() {
 	} else if (*abiFlag != "" || *binFlag != "" || *typFlag != "") && *solFlag != "" {
 		fmt.Printf("Contract ABI (--abi), bytecode (--bin) and type (--type) flags are mutually exclusive with the Solidity source (--sol) flag\n")
 		os.Exit(-1)
-	} else if (*binFlag == "" || *solFlag == "") && *linkFlag != "" {
-		fmt.Printf("No contract bytecode created through (--bin) or (--sol) options to use with (--link) option\n")
-		os.Exit(-1)
 	}
 	if *pkgFlag == "" {
 		fmt.Printf("No destination package specified (--pkg)\n")
@@ -81,18 +76,26 @@ func main() {
 		types []string
 	)
 	if *solFlag != "" {
+		// Generate the list of types to exclude from binding
+		exclude := make(map[string]bool)
+		for _, kind := range strings.Split(*excFlag, ",") {
+			exclude[strings.ToLower(kind)] = true
+		}
 		solc, err := compiler.InitSolc(*solcFlag)
+
+		solReturn, err := solc.Compile(compiler.SolcFlagOpts{}, *solFlag)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("Failed to initialize Solidity compiler: %v\n", err)
+			fmt.Printf("Failed to build Solidity contract: %v\n", err)
 			os.Exit(-1)
 		}
-
-		solc.Compile(compiler.FlagOpts{}, strings.Split(*solFlag, ","))
 		// Gather all non-excluded contract for binding
-		for name, contract := range contracts {
-			abi, _ := json.Marshal(contract.Info.AbiDefinition) // Flatten the compiler parse
-			abis = append(abis, string(abi))
-			bins = append(bins, contract.Code)
+		for name, contract := range solReturn.Contracts {
+			if exclude[strings.ToLower(name)] {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			abis = append(abis, contract.Abi)
+			bins = append(bins, contract.Bin)
 
 			nameParts := strings.Split(name, ":")
 			types = append(types, nameParts[len(nameParts)-1])